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List:       kde-look
Subject:    What config file am I editing?
From:       George Petri <baitfish () bigpond ! com>
Date:       2001-09-13 13:04:26
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Hello!

As everyone knows, KDE has allowed users to configure everything (in KDE, of 
course) to their heart's content, in a nice GUI.

But wouldn't it be helpful if I knew what config file I was changing (in the 
general case)?

This would mean -- for me, anyway -- that vi would be used a lot more often :)
Seriously, I like configuration via a text interface, rather than a GUI one.

Think: power user... :)

Second, what if the config file was corrupted?  This has happened to me and 
as a result, kicker didn't load (and it was kind of annoying, to say the 
least).  Personally, I don't like rm -rf ~/.kde and can't be bothered hunting 
down the particular config file.  I don't even think that many (Windows) 
users even know that the .kde directory actually exists!.

Perhaps, every KDE Settings/Configuration window should show what 
configuration file is being changed and provide a button such as "Change 
Settings with KWrite".

So what does everyone think? :)

George

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